Cyberattack Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Cyberattack
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyberattack in contract job vacancies in Hertfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyberattack over the 6 months leading up to 3 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 44 64
Rank change year-on-year -10 +20 -12
Contract jobs citing Cyberattack 10 5 7
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 1.61% 1.13% 0.97%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.00% 2.92% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £594
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £680 £290 £613
Median % change year-on-year +134.48% -52.65% +2.08%
75th Percentile - - £631
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £680 £290 £613
% change year-on-year +134.48% -52.65% +2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.00 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £80.00 - -
90th Percentile £85.00 - -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Generic Skills
Hertfordshire

Cyberattack falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 200 171 254
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 32.26% 38.78% 35.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 75 130
10th Percentile £318 £290 £275
25th Percentile £413 £364 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £475 £511
Median % change year-on-year +16.42% -7.09% -7.05%
75th Percentile £679 £588 £648
90th Percentile £800 £658 £750
East of England median daily rate £475 £475 £478
% change year-on-year - -0.52% +1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 34 63
10th Percentile £17.10 £35.00 £23.60
25th Percentile £41.25 £48.88 £42.38
Median hourly rate £63.50 £67.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.93% +3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £67.25 £92.50 -
90th Percentile £76.25 £95.00 £70.00
East of England median hourly rate £42.50 £63.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -32.54% +5.00% +20.00%

Cyberattack
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cyberattack relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Cyberattack job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Cyberattack
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Cyberattack.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Cyberattack

Cyberattack
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Cyberattack.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Cyberattack

Cyberattack
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cyberattack in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 3 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Cyberattack in Hertfordshire

Cyberattack
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyberattack within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 3 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Stevenage -4 10 £680 +134.48% 4
Cyberattack
East of England

Cyberattack
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 10 (100.00%) DNS
1 10 (100.00%) FTP
1 10 (100.00%) HTTP
1 10 (100.00%) Network Security
1 10 (100.00%) SMTP
1 10 (100.00%) SSL
General
1 8 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (10.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Analyst
1 10 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Senior
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (100.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 8 (80.00%) CSOC
1 8 (80.00%) Cyber Threat
1 8 (80.00%) Management Information System
1 8 (80.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 10 (100.00%) Information Security
1 10 (100.00%) Network Packet Capture
2 9 (90.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 9 (90.00%) SIEM
3 8 (80.00%) AI
3 8 (80.00%) Analytics
3 8 (80.00%) Behavioural Analytics
3 8 (80.00%) Incident Response
3 8 (80.00%) Information Management
3 8 (80.00%) Machine Learning
3 8 (80.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 8 (80.00%) Runbook
3 8 (80.00%) Security Operations
3 8 (80.00%) SOAR
3 8 (80.00%) Threat Detection
4 7 (70.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) PowerShell
1 8 (80.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (50.00%) DV Cleared